Precalculus : A Concise Course
ISBN: 9781439049082 | 1439049084
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/11/2010
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With the same design and feature sets as the market leading Precalculus, 8/e, this concise book provides users with sound, consistently structured explanations of the mathematical concepts. PRECALCULUS: A CONCISE COURSE is designed to offer a cost-effective, one-semester alternative to the traditional two-semester precalculus text. It contains the features that have made the Larson/Hostetler series a complete solution for users: interesting applications, pedagogically effective design, and innovative technology combined with an abundance of carefully developed examples with worked-out solutions and exercises.
| Functions and their Graphs | |
| Rectangular Coordinates | |
| Graphs of Equations | |
| Linear Equations in Two Variables | |
| Functions | |
| Analyzing Graphs of Functions | |
| A Library of Functions | |
| Transformations of Functions | |
| Combinations of Functions: Composite Functions | |
| Inverse Functions | |
| Mathematical ... MORE | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Exercises | |
| Chapter Test | |
| Proofs in Mathematics | |
| P.S. Problem Solving | |
| Polynomial and Rational Functions | |
| Quadratic Functions and Models | |
| Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree | |
| Polynomial and Synthetic Division | |
| Complex Numbers | |
| Zeros of Polynomial Functions | |
| Rational Functions | |
| Nonlinear Inequalities | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Exercises | |
| Chapter Test | |
| Proofs in Mathematics | |
| P.S. Problem Solving | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. | |
| Exponential Functions and Their Graphs | |
| Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs | |
| Properties of Logarithms | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Equations | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Models | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Exercises | |
| Chapter Test | |
| Cumulative Test: Chapters 1-3 | |
| Proofs in Mathematics | |
| P.S. Problem Solving | |
| Trigonometry | |
| Radian and Degree Measure | |
| Trigonometric Functions: The Unit Circle | |
| Right Triangle Trigonometry | |
| Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle | |
| Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions | |
| Graphs of Other Trigonometric Functions | |
| Inverse Trigonometric Functions | |
| Applications and Models | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Exercises | |
| Chapter Test | |
| Proofs in Mathematics | |
| P.S. Problem Solving | |
| Analytic Trigonometry | |
| Using Fundamental Identities | |
| Verifying Trigonometric Identities | |
| Solving Trigonometric Equations | |
| Sum and Difference Formulas | |
| Multiple-Angle and Product-to-Sum Formulas | |
| Law of Sines | |
| Law of Cosines | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Exercises | |
| Chapter Test | |
| Proofs in Mathematics | |
| P.S. Problem Solving | |
| Topics in Analytic Geometry | |
| Lines | |
| Introduction to Conics: Parabolas | |
| Ellipses | |
| Hyperbolas | |
| Parametric Equations | |
| Polar Coordinates | |
| Graphs of Polar Coordinates | |
| Polar Equations of Conics | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Exercises | |
| Chapter Test | |
| Cumulative Test: Chapters 4-6 | |
| Proofs in Mathematics | |
| P.S. Problem Solving | |
| Review of Fundamental Concepts of Algebra (web) | |
| Real Numbers and Their Properties | |
| Exponents and Radicals | |
| Polynomials and Factoring | |
| Rational Expressions | |
| Solving Equations | |
| Solving Inequalities | |
| Errors and the Algebra of Calculus | |
| Concepts in Statistics (web) | |
| Representing Data | |
| Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion | |
| Least Squares Regression | |
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